L'arche London

In 1964, Canadian Jean Vanier invited two men with intellectual disabilities to live with him in an old house in Trosly-Breuil France. He named the house L’Arche after Noah’s Ark and gradually welcomed, not only more men and women with developmental disabilities but assistants who would live and work with them. Since then L’Arche has grown into an international federation of more than 140 communities in nearly 40 countries.

In 1991, a small group of people with an interest in L’Arche gathered to pray and lay the ground work for L’Arche London. We have three homes, Cana (opened in August,1997), Jubilee (opened in March, 2003) and Bethany (opened in February 2008). There are twelve core members, and twelve live-in assistants who form the heart of the community. L’Arche London is part of L’Arche Ontario which includes nine L’Arche communities in the province.